Chapter 55, COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/5-44050) Sec. 5-44050. Tax collection and enforcement. The dissolution of a unit of government pursuant to this Division shall not adversely affect proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax. Those proceedings shall continue to finality as though no disso…

(55 ILCS 5/5-44055) Sec. 5-44055. Litigation. All suits pending in any court on behalf of or against a unit dissolved pursuant to this Division may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the county by the State's attorney. All judgments obtained for a unit dissolved pursuant to…

(55 ILCS 5/5-45001) Sec. 5-45001. Short title. This Division may be cited as the County Design-Build Authorization Act. (Source: P.A. 102-954, eff. 1-1-23.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-45005) Sec. 5-45005. Purpose. The purpose of this Division is to authorize counties to use design-build processes to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of delivering public projects. (Source: P.A. 102-954, eff. 1-1-23.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-45010) Sec. 5-45010. Definitions. As used in this Division: "Delivery system" means the design and construction approach used to develop and construct a project. "Design-bid-build" means the traditional delivery system used on public projects that incorporates the co…

(55 ILCS 5/5-45015) Sec. 5-45015. Solicitation of proposals. (a) A county may enter into design-build contracts. In addition to the requirements set forth in its local ordinances, when the county elects to use the design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice of intent to …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45020) Sec. 5-45020. Development of scope and performance criteria. (a) The county shall develop, with the assistance of a licensed design professional or public art designer, a request for proposal, which shall include scope and performance criteria. The scope and p…

(55 ILCS 5/5-45025) Sec. 5-45025. Procedures for selection. (a) The county must use a two-phase procedure for the selection of the successful design-build entity. Phase I of the procedure will evaluate and shortlist the design-build entities based on qualifications, and Phase II …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45030) Sec. 5-45030. Small projects. In any case where the total overall cost of the project is estimated to be less than $12,000,000, the county may combine the two-phase procedure for selection described in Section 5-45025 into one combined step, provided that all …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45035) Sec. 5-45035. Submission of proposals. Proposals must be properly identified and sealed. Proposals may not be reviewed until after the deadline for submission has passed as set forth in the request for proposals. Proposals shall include a bid bond in the form …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45040) Sec. 5-45040. Award; performance. The county may award the contract to the highest overall ranked design-build entity. Notice of award shall be made in writing. Unsuccessful design-build entities shall also be notified in writing. The county may not request a …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45045) Sec. 5-45045. Reports and evaluation. At the end of every 6-month period following the contract award, and again prior to final contract payout and closure, a selected design-build entity shall detail, in a written report submitted to the county, its efforts a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-45047) Sec. 5-45047. Exception. Nothing in this Division shall prevent a county from using a qualification-based selection process for design professionals or construction managers for design-build projects. (Source: P.A. 102-954, eff. 1-1-23.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-45050) Sec. 5-45050. Severability. The provisions of this Division are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 102-954, eff. 1-1-23.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-46005) Sec. 5-46005. Definitions. As used in this Division: "Low-voltage solar-powered device" means a piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose, including, but not limited to, doorbells, security systems, and illumination equipment, powered by a solar col…

(55 ILCS 5/5-46010) Sec. 5-46010. Prohibitions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or other provision of law, the adoption of any ordinance or resolution or the exercise of any power by a county that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of a solar e…

(55 ILCS 5/5-46020) Sec. 5-46020. Costs; attorney's fees. In any litigation arising under this Division or involving the application of this Division, the prevailing party shall be entitled to costs and reasonable attorney's fees. (Source: P.A. 104-458, eff. 6-1-26.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-46025) Sec. 5-46025. Applicability. (a) As used in this Section, "shared roof" means any roof that (i) serves more than one unit, including, but not limited to, a contiguous roof serving adjacent units, or (ii) is part of the common elements or common area of a unit.…

(55 ILCS 5/5-5001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-5001) Sec. 5-5001. Police protection in townships outside incorporated municipalities. The county board of any county may contract, with advice and consent of the sheriff in the county in which the request for contract services is made, bas…

(55 ILCS 5/5-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6001) Sec. 5-6001. Definitions. As used in the text of this Division, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated as follows, unless the context otherwise requires: "Code" shall mean and include any published compilation of rules …

(55 ILCS 5/5-6002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6002) Sec. 5-6002. Adoption of codes and public records by reference. Any county is authorized to adopt by reference the provisions of any code or portions of any code as herein defined, without setting forth the provisions of such codes in…

(55 ILCS 5/5-6003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6003) Sec. 5-6003. Publication of adopting ordinance or resolution. Nothing contained in this Division shall be deemed to relieve any county from the requirement of publishing the ordinance or resolution in full which adopts such code or pu…

(55 ILCS 5/5-6004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6004) Sec. 5-6004. Adoption of penalty clauses by reference prohibited. Nothing contained in this Division shall be deemed to permit the adoption of the penalty clauses by reference which may be established in the code or public record whic…

(55 ILCS 5/5-6005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6005) Sec. 5-6005. Amendments to codes or public records. Any amendment which may be made to any code or public record incorporated by reference by a county hereunder, may be likewise adopted by reference provided that the required number o…

(55 ILCS 5/5-6006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6006) Sec. 5-6006. Ratification of previous adoptions by reference. Any county which has heretofore enacted a code or public record by reference thereto shall not be required to re-enact such code or public record by reason of this Division…

(55 ILCS 5/5-6008) Sec. 5-6008. Building permits. Once a building permit is issued, the applicable building codes of any unit of local government that are in effect at the time of the issuance of the permit shall be the only building codes that apply for the duration of the build…

(55 ILCS 5/5-7001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-7001) Sec. 5-7001. Tax for maintaining public nonsectarian hospitals. Each county board, subject to the provisions of Section 5-7002, has power to levy a tax of not to exceed .25%, or the rate limit in effect on July 1, 1967, whichever is g…

(55 ILCS 5/5-7002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-7002) Sec. 5-7002. Election for tax levy. When a county board passes a resolution asking that an annual tax may be levied for the purpose of maintaining public nonsectarian hospitals in the county, and so instructs the county clerk, the cou…

(55 ILCS 5/5-7003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-7003) Sec. 5-7003. Discontinuance of tax. When 100 legal voters of any county which has adopted the provisions of this Division presents a petition to the county clerk, requesting that the levying of a tax annually in such county for the pu…

(55 ILCS 5/5-8001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-8001) Sec. 5-8001. Definitions. As used in this Division: "Garbage" means any refuse products or materials including but not limited to the following: putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking…

(55 ILCS 5/5-8002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-8002) Sec. 5-8002. Rules and regulations; licenses. The county board in any county is authorized to: (1) license annually garbage disposal areas. License forms shall be supplied by the county board and shall provide for the following inform…

(55 ILCS 5/5-8003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-8003) Sec. 5-8003. Fees. The county board in any county may fix the annual amounts of fees, terms and manner of issuing and revoking licenses provided for in this Division and for such purpose may, by ordinance definition, subclassify the t…

(55 ILCS 5/5-8004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-8004) Sec. 5-8004. Local option. Any county board desiring to avail its county of the provisions of this Division may do so by ordinance. Such ordinance shall also set out the rules and regulations adopted by the county board under the auth…

(55 ILCS 5/5-8005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-8005) Sec. 5-8005. Inspection. The county board or any of its authorized agents shall have authority to inspect at any time or place any vehicle used in hauling garbage or any garbage disposal area. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-8006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-8006) Sec. 5-8006. Penalties for violations. Any person who violates any ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted pursuant to this Division commits a petty offense and may be punished by a suspension of any license held. (Source: P.A. 86-962.…

(55 ILCS 5/5-8007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-8007) Sec. 5-8007. In any review proceeding of a decision of the county board made pursuant to this Division, the plaintiff in the review proceeding shall pay to the county the cost of preparing and certifying the record of proceedings. Sho…

(55 ILCS 5/5-9001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-9001) Sec. 5-9001. Necessity of permit. In counties having a population of 500,000 or less inhabitants, no person, other than a county fair association, state fair or other not for profit association or corporation, shall hold any motor veh…

(55 ILCS 5/5-9002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-9002) Sec. 5-9002. Fees. Each county board shall fix a permit fee not to exceed $100 for all races and events held by a person, other than a county fair association, state fair or other not for profit association or corporation, on a single…

(55 ILCS 5/6-10001) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-10001) Sec. 6-10001. Refunding bonds. The corporate authorities of any county, without submitting the question to the electors thereof for approval, may authorize by ordinance the issuance of refunding bonds (1) to refund its bonds prior t…

(55 ILCS 5/6-10002) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-10002) Sec. 6-10002. Ordinance. The ordinance authorizing the refunding bonds shall prescribe all details thereof and shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property within the county sufficie…

(55 ILCS 5/6-10003) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-10003) Sec. 6-10003. Exchange or sale of refunding bonds. The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded on the basis of dollar for dollar for the par value of the bonds, interest coupons, and interest not represented by…

(55 ILCS 5/6-10004) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-10004) Sec. 6-10004. Form of refunding bonds; maturity. The refunding bonds shall be of such form and denomination, payable at such place, bear such date, and be executed by such officials as may be provided by the corporate authorities of…

(55 ILCS 5/6-10005) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-10005) Sec. 6-10005. Reduction of tax. Whenever any refunding bonds are purchased and cancelled, as provided in Section 6-10004, the taxes thereafter to be extended for payment of the principal of and the interest on the remainder of the i…

(55 ILCS 5/6-10006) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-10006) Sec. 6-10006. Sinking fund. Money which becomes available from taxes that were levied for prior years for payment of bonds or interest coupons that were paid or refunded before those taxes were collected, after payment of all warran…

(55 ILCS 5/6-10007) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-10007) Sec. 6-10007. Procedure by corporate authorities to effectuate refunding plan. The corporate authorities of a county may take any action that may be necessary to inform the owners of unpaid bonds regarding the financial condition of…

(55 ILCS 5/6-10008) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-10008) Sec. 6-10008. Applicability. This Division shall apply to any county regardless of the law under which it is organized and operating, and shall constitute complete authority for issuing refunding bonds as herein provided without ref…

(55 ILCS 5/6-1001) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-1001) Sec. 6-1001. Annual budget. In all counties not required by law to pass an annual appropriation bill within the first quarter of the fiscal year, the county board or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, shall adopt each …

(55 ILCS 5/6-1002) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-1002) Sec. 6-1002. Contents of annual budget. The annual budget shall contain: (a) A statement of the receipts and payments and a statement of the revenues and expenditures of the fiscal year last ended. (b) A statement of all moneys in the…

(55 ILCS 5/6-1002.5) Sec. 6-1002.5. Capital Improvement, Repair, or Replacement Fund. (a) In the preparation of the annual budget, an amount not to exceed 3% of the equalized assessed value of property subject to taxation by the county may be accumulated in a separate fund for th…

(55 ILCS 5/6-1003) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-1003) Sec. 6-1003. Further appropriations barred; transfers. After the adoption of the county budget, no further appropriations shall be made at any other time during such fiscal year, except as provided in this Division. Appropriations in …